for all those reasons, and the uncertainty, what could happen on the debt ceiling, if you put all that together, we cannot sit back and not to prepare for the worst. that is what we're trying to do. >> having been a chief, the way the mechanism is established, we would have to absorb $52 billion of production, whenever it starts. in october, it is 52 billion over 12 months. january, $52 billion over nine months. in march, six or seven months. the burn rate isn't sustainable. we have to take measures to prepare ourselves for that. >> we are implementing, we're basically spending money pursuant to what we had in the 2013 budget. -- if weis what we're were required to do these cuts, suddenly we have to achieve this level of savings. where do we go? we're going to protect the war fighter. we are going to protect those areas that are critical to national defense. where do you go? you go to readiness, maintenance, training, this is where cuts are ultimately made. when that happens, it makes us less ready. >> a $45 billion, not $52 billion. >> you are not correcting me because i am right. [la